/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 GeoScheduler Team, as stated on <http://www.geoscheduler.org/authors>.
 * 
 * This file is part of GeoScheduler.
 * 
 * GeoScheduler is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * GeoScheduler is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with GeoScheduler. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.geoscheduler.commons.marshaller;

import org.geoscheduler.commons.tools.PropertyDescriptor;

/**
 * 
 * <h2>JSONFieldDeclFactory</h2>
 * <p>
 * Factory providing instances of {@link JSONFieldDecl} builders for
 * {@link JSONMarshaller} implementations.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author LKo (Lukas.Kolisko@Geoscheduler.Org)
 */
public interface JSONFieldDeclFactory<V> {

	/**
	 * @return <code>true</code> if builder created by factory is 
	 * applicable for particular property - {@param desc}.
	 */
	boolean isApplicable(PropertyDescriptor<?> desc);

	/**
	 * @return new {@link JSONFieldDecl} builder instance.
	 */
	JSONFieldDecl<V> create(PropertyDescriptor<V> desc, JSONMarshaller marshaller);

}